The test fails on linux-i586, Gnome/Metacity 2.24 with the current JDK 7 (~ b59):

----------System.err:(40/2519)----------
b is shown
b is focused
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_PRESSED,keyCode=32,keyText=Space,keyChar=' ',keyLocation=KEY_LOCATION_STANDARD,rawCode=65,primaryLevelUnicode=32,scancode=0,extendedKeyCode=0x20] on button0
java.awt.event.KeyEvent[KEY_TYPED,keyCode=0,keyText=Unknown keyCode: 0x0,keyChar=' ',keyLocation=KEY_LOCATION_UNKNOWN,rawCode=0,primaryLevelUnicode=32,scancode=0,extendedKeyCode=0x0] on button0
B pressed
java.lang.Error: Test error.
	at TestDialogTypeAhead$TestDialog$1.invoke(TestDialogTypeAhead.java:327)
	at $Proxy0.blockWindows(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Dialog.blockWindows(Dialog.java:1585)
	at java.awt.Dialog.modalShow(Dialog.java:1462)
	at java.awt.Dialog.conditionalShow(Dialog.java:928)
	at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1061)
	at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1535)
	at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1487)
	at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:928)
	at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:1011)
	at TestDialogTypeAhead$4.actionPerformed(TestDialogTypeAhead.java:138)
	at java.awt.Button.processActionEvent(Button.java:409)
	at java.awt.Button.processEvent(Button.java:377)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4456)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:605)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:286)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:191)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:186)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:178)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:139)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:623)
	at TestDialogTypeAhead$TestDialog$1.invoke(TestDialogTypeAhead.java:323)
	... 21 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: $Proxy0 cannot be cast to sun.awt.X11.XDialogPeer
	at sun.awt.X11.XWindowPeer.setModalBlocked(XWindowPeer.java:1381)
	at sun.awt.X11.XDialogPeer.blockWindows(XDialogPeer.java:122)
	... 26 more
STATUS:Failed.Applet thread threw exception: java.lang.Error: Test error.
result: Failed. Execution failed: Applet thread threw exception: java.lang.Error: Test error.


test result: Failed. Execution failed: Applet thread threw exception: java.lang.Error: Test error.